†family Lophiostromatidae Nestor 1966 (stromatoporoid sponge)

Stromatoporoidea - Labechiida - Lophiostromatidae

Parent taxon: Labechiida according to C. W. Stearn et al. 1999

Sister taxa: Aulaceratidae, Labechiidae, Platiferostromatidae, Rosenellidae, Stromatoceriidae, Stylostromatidae

Subtaxa: Dermatostroma Lophiostroma Tarphystroma

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Triassic of Tajikistan (1 collection)

• Silurian of Belarus (1), Canada (3: Quebec), Estonia (3), Latvia (1), Sweden (4), Ukraine (5)

• Ordovician of Canada (1: Ontario), Mongolia (1), United States (20: Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia)

Total: 40 collections each including a single occurrence

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